Emem Udobong
Mrs. Jones
02/13/09
Descriptive Essay
English 109
Track
In life we all have our fondest moments. My fondest moments are the times I spend running track. Track is what makes me happy; my life would be different without track and it makes me feel like I am in a different world.
Running track makes me feel like I am on top of the world. Hearing the sound of my spikes digging through the ground makes me feel like am in my own world. Hearing the people encouraging you to keep on moving and never give up or quit. The smell and the sound of nature and some various noise makers, the up and down of the hills, the trees and everything you could think of as in outdoors. The feeling of my sweat dripping down my head, my clothes all wet and a little dirt on my spike just makes me feel like I have done something I feel good about.
Track for me is like regaining myself confidence and anytime I am on the track I feel very bold and excited to be running. The feeling of winning and finishing with every other person makes you feel that your practicing has paid off. The people around you congratulating you for your effort and after winning you know you made your teem happy and the most of all you made the coach happy and he will be as happy as a little kid. You will feel as a five year old kid feels after has finish his drawing of a bird.
Without track in my life I will be like a five year old who never had his Mom around. I have never felt this way playing other sports; I feel regular playing other sports. This is the only sport in my life that makes me feel unique. When I am running I feel like a eagle just spreading my wings the air going trough my hair flying higher than the other people.
Soccer and wrestling are other sports I did but of all there is nothing like running eight hundred meter, one mile, two mile, and three mile (cross country) keeping the same endurance wandering how the other person in front of you is doing and how...